Which sentence best describes a regressive tax? A. Regressive taxes place a higher burden on people who earn less compared to we
althier tax payers. B. Regressive taxes place a higher burden on wealthy tax payers compared to people who earn less. C. Regressive taxes result in poor tax payers paying no taxes. D. Regressive taxes prevent tax rates from rising over time.
A regressive tax is applied uniformly to all taxpayers. Therefore, every person pays exactly the same, but such payment means a higher burden for those taxpayers with a lower income. If you earn 100, paying 1 as tax doesn't mind a lot to you, but if you earned 10 it would mind much more.
The most important regressive tax is the value added tax (VAT), in which a certain percentage of the price paid for a product is charged on top as a tax. If you buy rice, the percentage charged as VAT is the same for all consumers, but that amount of money would mean more to a humble shop owner than to the US president, for example.
Schenck v. United States was a Supreme Court case about the enforcement of the Espionage Act of 1917. I believe the case went straight to the Supreme Court and resulted in the Court's ruling that the criminal conviction of Schenck was in fact constitutional.
<u>Traders hired more craftspeople to build vehicles for caravans.</u> - Businesses hired more people to make enough goods to trade. - Governments hired more workers to collect taxes from traders.
